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r ^L.xxxvm PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDA^ --AN$_ FRIDAY. AH-WEEKLY—TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES. OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9,1928 12 PAGES TODAY Mn ca tisGiMA VOTERS S FEAT MILLION ^ COLLAR BOND ISSUE !Jt;m TUESDAYS RhEtTiOX . ],-,[ (iovertan-sTa The lire-' Where Cutest Was t^um' ^ —Four Detnwtats , j)-)'er Republicans iletmued (..,„gress. i)enmc3-ats Gaining , -t at i'bcreby—%'ennont. Elects ,^,uhhc;m Senator. ^.^5h.d00.000 bondissueelec . , !s in Virginia was defeat '^-r„esday by a probable majority 'MY))" Rurai sections voted ^. ly against the proposition, sit Majority!" the Henate ( ,'a.piete returns show that for Representative Dale, Republican. J:^cted as senator from Vermont, ^^eed Du- late Senator Dilling also a Republican. This was t' naiy senatorial contest in the tn,:tryiu''offyear" election and Republicans a majority of in the senate. ,Renturhy 1- Democratic. ncomplete returns indicate the Mt:on of W:n. J. Field. Democrat. 'Aivernorof Kentucky, and gave Ritchie. Democrat. of Hr -md.n chance for re-election. '?:J onl- Other gubernatorial va i^c-7. H L. Whitfield. Democrat, y j named governor of Mississippi Kttn-ot opposition. (dnaressmen. 7:.^ Democrats regained congres-; .Dnd seats in the 11th and 16th ye-l York second North Carolina.; '.e Ymrth Illinois districts, while jjy .rjblicnns held their own in the; ' - York and second Vermont! Jistrtcts The line Yp. face of these results the! lin :a the House will be Republi <3Eg*225: Democrats 205; Socialists !- independent 1: and Farmer-La-j beRL 1— Republican majority of 17 tvtth two vacancies still to be filled. Petmsyivania voters looked with Hvorover a proposal to issue $50. ilM'D' on highway improvements. K'RMSnT M' PHYSICS fou he Lighter WitenYou Walk l td Than When Y ou Atalk To ward the Setting Sun. That there are more things in hdtven and earth than are dreatRed j cf ia our philosophy . ig onc^JM&'e! proved, it may not be generally! kuown. but it we may accept and ap-' ptymore broadly the conclusions of! the mathematticians of the United j Stt-s Navy Institute, a man walk out east along a street or road is} tighter than when he walks toward! the setting sun. To be exact the man! "Thing eastward weighs a quarter} of u pound to the ton les sthan normal! weight and two-fifths of a pounds oumtotlm ton when going west. The Reading Institute in England h's ade the same discovery as was node at the United States Navy In stitute. So as two independent com putations have reached the same con tusion, we must accept the result. Thg variation in weight is said to be due to the infiuence of the rotation oftheearth on the operation of the iav of gravity. H is hoped that the discovery wiil t- deter no one from attending divine services on Sunday should they hap pen to tive east or west of the church. MV. RATES RErURMS The people of Oxford and the sur rounding territory will be glad to ^h) of the return to their respec wechurches of Rev. J. E. Pritchard. Pastor of 'he Henderson Methodist ^otestant church; Rev. C. W. Bates. ^ the Granville circuit, and Rev. W. Noice of the aVnce circuit. Both C. W. Bates, of the Granville !^cmt. and Rev. W. H. Neice of the ^ ^'**cuit. l ave charge of several -'^"country churches. MEABOW LAND POSTED FOR 5 YEARS thfUa,.: undersigned owners of of*p Meadow. which is a Rrounfi Person counties tivehf yboiina. hereby do post er tTHr^. nil parties to hunt, shoot ''KHat/nY^*Y'*' bay or night. All futt (.„/ "^1 be prosecuted to the W law. Signatures: EHtod .jb^^nnn.Wiliis Daniel, J. B. betttiv t ^ P^^ncis McFarland, Nat Ye McFarland, W. J. Knott. Raw ^billip Knott, D. W. „ ^ A f,,^ Huff. , ^ n.,,y_ A. &anipi ^ ^dldams, Charlie SV.it,' gy Buttock. B. D. Huff. Han^-t, f Arthur Denny, F. W. Other'.'' Lanier, tareg nre posted and signa ' appear later. 2D ^ the Pe-noval Notice. YVatkins has removed his ^om over Lyon's Drue 10-2 3-tf ^"ut eyLv should have water Ratted r" 8top at Ox PREMM/MS /WARDED AT THE CHHYSANTHEAIEM SHOW, HELD IX THE ARMORY NOV 12 Oxford WommvJ Club Impart Much Genuine Joy and Pleasure To the t .u ysanthenuun Show—The An nual Event Was a (treat Success. ( !uysan them urns. Best 6 white, $4.00—Mis Leah Kit treil. 2nd best 6 white, $3.00—Miss Kit treli. Best 6 pink, $4.00—Mrs. J D Brooks. 2nd best 6 pink, $3.00—Mrs. J. D. Brooks. / Best 6 yellow. $4.00—Miss Kittrell.' 2nd best 6 yeiiow, $3.00—-Miss Kit trell. Best 3 incurved white, $2.00-—Mrs. Pete Buliock. Best 3 reflex white, $2.00—Mrs.! Pete Builock. Best 3 incurved yellow. $2.00—Mrs ! Brooks. Best 3 reflex yellow, $2.00—Mis.' Ora Rose. Best 3 red. $2.00—Mrs John Mor-! ris. Best 3 Purple King. $2.00—Mrs.] George Cheatham. Best 3 Salmon, $2.00—Mrs. Pete Bui-! lock. Best 1 incurved white, $1.00—Mrs. Brooks. Best 1 reflex white, $1.00—Mrs. R. H. Lewis. j Best 1 reflex yellow, $1.00—Miss: Rose. Best 1 incurved yellow, $1.00—Mrs ' Pete Bullock. Best 1 pink, $1.00—Miss Rose. Best 1 bronze, $1.00—Miss Rose. ! Best 1 salmop, $1.00—Mrs. Brooks.; Best 1 red, $1.00—Miss Rose. Best basket single variety, $2.00—! Mrs. Pete Bullock. Best basket pompons. $2.00—Mr. Harry Williams Best pot grown plant, $2.00-—Miss Annie Bell Loyd. Best whole collection, $$1000—Miss Kittrell. 2nd best whole collection—$5.00—i Mrs. Brooks. 3rd best collection, $2.50—Miss! Rose. Best Boston Fern, 3 lbs coffee—Tay lor Bors.—Mrs. R. L. Brown. Best Ostrich Plume fern. Flash light! A. J. Kittrell—Mrs. D. G. Brum mitt. (Continued On Fifth Page) W. S. COBURN IS KNOWN IN OXFORD Was Xlm'deied tn Atlanta Last j Monday. News of the murder of W. S. Co burn, of Atlanta, counsel for the Simmons' faction of the Knights of, the Ku Kiux Klan by Phillip E. Fox. publicity director of the Knight Hawk, an official organ of the Klan was received here Wednesday. Coburn is wel lknown in Oxford and surroutiding counties. People here will remember the murdered mau as claim agent of the Seaboard Air Line railroad of eight or ten years ago. He lived in Laurinburg. and visited in Oxford on several occa sions- He was witness in court here in two cases. Coburn was shot to death Mon day afternoon as he sat at his desk in an Atlanta building, five shots be ing fired at him by Fox. The dead , man has been steadily in the spot light for several months through his position as counsel for the William j y. Simmons' faction o fthe K. K. K. FORMER PRESIDENT ! WILSON IS POPULAR j - Rig Delegation to Call at His Home Sunday, Amiistic Day. ! Washington, Nov. 8.—Keen interest is manafested here in the annouce ment that former President Wilson . will broadcast som^ views next Satur ! day night, and will receive a delega {tion next Sunday, armistic day. A j daughter of Bernard M. Baruch is {engineering the radio program with j Huston Thompson, one of the leaders i of the Wilson administration, and , Mrs. H. E. C. Bryant, an ardent Wil son supporter, co-operating. The stricken lyon of S street is ! still a power in the land. He has a ! great personal following, made up largely of people with true hearts, and enthusiastic democrats without any axes to grind. One has but to visit Keith's theater here on Satur day to realize that Mr. Wilson is very popular ,and still dangerous to imposters. HERDERSOR ROAD OPER It is no longer necessary to make a detour to reach Henderson. The hard surface of the Henderson road to a point one mile west of that city has been completed and the road opened to the public. Prominent Visitors. Prof. R. L. Flowers. of Durham, who is a member of the board of ^ isi* tors of the Oxford Orphanage, and Mr. A. B. Andrews, of Raleigh, spent a few hours at the Orphanage last Tuesday. HiGH TOBACCO AVERAGES ON THE OXFORD MARKET Sa!e Of 175.000 Pounds Average $$23.00. The break on the Oxford tobacco market was light last Monday on ac count of rains. Tuesday came to the front with 175,000 pounds and an average of $25.50 for all sold on that day. The break on Wednesday showed a slight decline form Tuesday of 12.000 pounds, the average for all sold on that day being $25.20. About 180.000 pounds were sold yesterday, the average being about $2 5.30. There is a good strong break here today. Tobacco climbing rapidly and cot ton selling above 30 cents indicates better conditions for the farmer, but there is still room for improvement in prices. ARMISTICE DAY For the Public Ledger: Sunday. November 11th. is Armis tice Day. It is a thought-provoking day. It is a day of pride and inspi ration to every American—a day when our hearts swell with the con sciousness of the strength and the power of our country, and our souls exalt in the glorious record of the nation In arms. It is a dav of mem ories—a day of gratitude and reso lution—A day ofiaughter and of tears. Yes. it is a day of memories. In a thousand hemes the men who came back from the battle fields of the worid-war will see again the scenes which are indelibly graven upon their remembrance. On a thousand street corners and at a, thousand country places they will meet and pause to revive that feeling of comradeship which they knew w^en they stood shoulder to shoulder, knee deep in the mud of Flanders; or waited in the deep hush of the - zero hour for the boom of the signai gun: or went over the top in the mad scramble of glory and death. It is a day of memories. While the heart and the mind of the ex seiufbe man swings across the sea, with its haunting suggestion of lurk ing submarines, to the war-fanned fields of France and Belgium. Amer ica must not forget, nor the other nations of this world forget, thbse age-producing days in 11)18 when the young men of this land went forth to rescue a frightened, shivering, cow ering civilization from the ravishing arms of a victorious German advance. We must not forget how willingly and uroudiy they went. -We must not forget how gloriously they lived and died. We must not forget how nobly and truly they kept the faith. It is a day of memories. ft is a day of sadness, but a sadness which looks with shining eyes to the crosses which dot the poppy-flaming fields of France and remembers Cantigny. the Htndenburg line and the Argon ne Fofest. It is a day of tears— —tears of mothers and wives and sweethearts, weeping yet for brave men who died that the world might be a fit place for men and women to live in and the little children to grow up in. Every true American on this Ar mistice Day should lift his eyes a lu tle higher, gird himself a little tighter, and make his resolution a littie stronger in an honest effort to understand the full meanmg of Amer ican citizenship and to live up to its duties and its obligations. BOUNDRY OF THE NEW PRESBYTERY t Takes In SmitlrReld on The East and Hovboro on The West (SmithAeld Herald) A new Presbytery was created by he recent session of the Synod of ^orth Carolina of the Southern Presbyterian church, which includes he church at SmithAeld. SmithAeld Presbyterian church has formerly men in the Fayetteville Presbytery. At a meeting held in HendersoA ast week it was decided to name he new Presbytery, Granville. The Granville Presbytery is bound ed by Foxboro and Weldon on the torth and by SmithAeld. Raleigh and Durham on the south,. The new Presbytery is composed of 38 Lurches and has 4.249 members and .5 ministers. J Other Johnson County churches n the Granville Presbytery besides SmithAeld are Oakland. Xenly. and Selma. ARMISTICE DAY AT OXFORD COLLEGE Armistice Day. exercises will be held at Oxford College on next Mon day at 9:30 a. m. Mayor Stem will deliver address on "What He Saw and Heard That Day In France." Thb public is cordially invited. WESTERN UNION TO INSTALL CLOCKS dipt Frank Spencer stated to the Public ledger yesterday that ali ten of the clock contracts had been taken and that they will be installed imme diately."' ' 'NOVEMBER TERM GRANVILLE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT j TWO WEEK S TERM HKGINS NEXT MONDAY { Han. William A. Devin, Judge I'resid i*'S—Lengthy Docket. } Judge D. C. Hunt, clerk of the } court, incidentally remarked yester i day that the November term of Gran ! ville County .Superior Court, which j convenes next Monday, embraces one I of the fullest dockets in the history of the county. \ The Docket. ; Joe Roberts, colored, charged with j killing his uncle on the public high w ays a few weeks ago, will come uti at this term of court. ! The case against Ciark and Jack son, two Oxford policemen, charged } with striking a negro in the fact with ' a pistol and causing his death, will } be heard at this term. Court Rules ) Rule 1.—Criminal Docket wil be i called Monday, Tuesday and Wednes I day of the first week and continued from day to day until disposed of. Rule 2.—Suitors and witnesses will not attend until the day on which their ca*ses are set. Witnesses in cases on Motion Docket need not at tend at all. Rule 3.—The Motion Docket will be called peremptorily on Wednesday of the first week, and may be taken up at such other times as the Court may order. Rule 4.—Cases not reached on the day for which they are set wiM go over until the succeeding day and take place at the head of that day's calendar. corn?# TAKER A JUMP January -Contract* Sold At &33.4K in New York I New York, Nov. 8.—A heavy ! accumulation of buying orders over I holidays, inspired by the big advance in prices on the New Orleans and Liverpool exchanges yesterday, re sulted in an advance of about 100 points in the local cotton market at today's opening, ! December contracts sold at 33.75 [cents a pound and January at 33.48 ! cents, both establishing new high levels for the season. Raleigh, Nov. 8.—-While spot cot ton on the Raleigh Market Monday sold for 30.50 good middling, the North Carolina Coton Growers' Co operative Association sold one thous and bales for 32.50. basis good mid dling. , (JRU3EED ye DE4rH A warning To Those Who Get in The Way of Fite Truck* i I i i t } Every time a tire breaks out in Oxford quite a number of people rush out and impede the progress of of the Are truck. The foliowing from a Raleigh Corespondent should be a warning to Oxford people.: "Carl Willard, nine-year-old son ol Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Willard, of 424 Fayetteville Street, was Instantly killed Wednesday afternoon when a big truck of the Raleigh Are Depart ment knocked him down and crushed him under the wheels." * i OXFORD BUSNESH MEN SHOULD GET BUSY Burlington Land* Big industry While We Sleep At the Switch. (Burlington Correspondent) { Application for a charter for Burl i ington Mills. Inc., was filed with the j secretary of state at Raleigh, which ' definitely assures the location ol ; another cotton mill in this city, j The head office of the company j will be here and the charter will pro ivide for capltol stock of $750,000. jTh company , will manufacture both ! cloth and yarns. The mill will be ! gin operation with 10,243 spindles ! and 153 looms, and 150 looms will ! be added later. rHEW(MMW'SCM/B } Large Attendance Expected Next Wednesday, Nov. 14. j The regular monthly meeting of ithe Oxford Woman's Club will be I held at the Club House on Wednes day, Nov. 14th, at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. ! Nelson Thomas, Chairman of the i Chrysanthemum Show, will give her } report. It is urged that there be a } large attendance. MRS. J. C. ROSARDS, Pres. BIG COWTIMCr Local Firm Will Erect Large School House. The Byrum Construction Company was this week awarded the contract for a $100+900 school house at Beth any, Rockingham county, N. C. j A CONSIDERABLE PILE OF BROK j eh brick for sale, cheap. Apply 1 at Episcopal Rectory on College St.^JNorthdoar. ltx BARACA-PHILATHEA I WORKERS TO BE WITH US Saturday and Sunday, November 17th and 18th. ! On Saturday, November 17th. and j Sunday, November 18th, Oxford and ; GranviHe County will be most for ; tunate in being hosts to some of the ! foremost Baraca-Philathea workers j in the State. Mrs. N. Buchner, General Secretary! of Stare Baraca-Phiiathea Unions, of{ Asheville, Miss Bertha Cater, Chair man of State Philathea Executive Committee, of Burlington, and Mr, J. J. Currin, President of North Caro !Hna Baraca Asosciation, of Winston-1 [Salem, assisted by some of our home ' workers, will bring messages of in j spiration to our people. They will I give the organized ciasses new inter j est and enthusiasm in the work and, i no doubt, will cause many new class es to be organized. Every one in} I Granville who is interested in Baraca ; Philathea work ig cordially invited ! to attend these meetings. The pro ; gram and places of meeting will be ; given later. ! Mr. Currin is a native of this coun ! ty, who has made a place for himself ! in the business and religious life of ' the state. No doubt he has a num ! her of friends and relatives here who; } will be glad to welcome him home j ! again and to hear his very able ad-! dress. ' The Baraca-Philathea classes of i Oxford hope to give these visitors i large and appreciative . audiences. ! Remember the date. Nov. 17th and 18th in the Oxford : churches. - PROGRAM OF MASONIC DISTRICT MEETING! ! — ) To He Held in Oxford Thursday and Friday Nights Of the Coming ! Week. , Thursday Night, Nov. 13. Meeting *viH be opened at 9:30 j o'clock by Mr. B. W. Parham, dis trict deputy Grand Master. I Address by Grand Master H. M. Po-j I'teat. ) Address by B. 8. Royster Jr., on! "Washington—-the Mason." j ! Address by W. C. Wicker, Edu ! cational Secretary of the Grand Lodge! ; of the North Carolina, illustrated by j : moving pictures. FridayNight, Nov. ML j 7;3o—informal Talks from mem-j 'hers of various lodges. ! 8:30—Address—with moving ptc-j i tures—by W. C. Wicker. Both nights will be largely devoted j ! to educational work. j j —- ! D1PTHER1A IS I PREVALENT HERE! i December is the Most Dangerous Month. i Dr. J. A. Morris, our good old health officer is quite much con : cerned about the prevalence of diph theria in the county. November and December are the most dangerous months for this disease, said Dr. Mor ; ris. Last year in these two months '166 little children died of diphthe ! ria. It has been proved that toxin anti-toxin is an effective, weapon against the disease. Given in three j doses at intervals of one week it con i ferg immunity, it is believed for life, ! More than 50,000 children in North ! Carolina have been immunized in j the past three years, and the State j Board of Health recommends it for } all children between the ages of six I months and six years. ; DR. P1TTENGER IS CLAIMED BY DEATH ! _ Former Rector Of Church Of Good ! Sheplterd At Raleigh Dies in Deca ! tur, Ga. j The Rev. i. McKee Pittenger, for j many years the beioved rector of the ! Church of the Good Shepherd, Ral ' eigh, died a few days ago in Atlanta, , Ga. The present beautiful church of (the Good Shepherd, Raleigh, one of , the most imposing in the diocese, was {erected during his service as rector, j and since he has served as rector j emeritus. The broad sympathies of ! the man, his zeai for the church, and: i his keen pubiic interest made him a j strong figure in the work of the dio j cese. THE OLDEST MAN IN GRANVHJLE COUNTY _ ! Willis Morton, Colored Is 100 Years i Old. } Editor Public Ledger: ' For some time the Public Ledger] has been making inquiries to find the ! oldest native bom man and woman in ] {Granville county. It is pretty well] ' established that Mrs. Thax^n is thej oldest woman. Willis Ma^ton, col-j ored, who lives near Stem, was bom March 15, la24, and is a few months older than Mrs. ThaxtQn. Uncle Wil lis has aged very little for the past twelve years. He getg about fairly well and Is seen fr^uently In the village of Stem. PR, HARDEE. LONG IS BIDDER FOR STACY'S PLACE Is Being Men ^ Probable Successor to Stacy. Corespondent) Without the suggestion on his part minus his knowledge and not waiting, for his consent, friends of Superior Court Judgfe W. A. Devin of Oxford are, hiaking ready to urge Governor Horrison to consider him for appoint ment to the supreme court if Jus tice W. P. Stacy resigns to accept the O^fer made him by the university trustees of the deanship of the school of law. Judge B. F. Long, of Statesville, came to the center of the stage this week as the possible appointee to succeed Justice W: P. Stacy in the event that the latter determines to accept the appointment to the dean ship of the University of North Caro lina Law School formerly tendered him by the executive cinimittee of the board of trustees. iClose friends of Justice Stacy are of the opinion that he will acept the appointtheiit at the nivergity before he end of the present week. * Latey W. P. Stacy, associate justice of the Supreme court, has formally de clined election as dean of the Law School of the University of North Carolina. DURHAM'S NEW HOTEL *' NOW SEEMS CERTAIN Approximately One-Half of the Re quired !)'i)i!noH l^oRars {Promptly Subscribed. (Durham Corespondent)) Durham's drive for a million dol lar hotel began Monday and at the close of the day's work a total of $420,400 wag reported by the-various teams. Reports of the results were made at the meeting of all the Sales men of the campaign in the evening at the Y. M. C A. With nearly half of the amount needed subscribed on the opening day of the campaigne it is expected that the entire million dollars tviii have been subscribed be fore the end of the week. Col. S. W Minor, of Danville, Va., commander of the 120th infantry, 30th division, during the world'war, will be one of the speakers at the Armi^tic day memorial service to be held in this city Monday evening at h o'clock. PRESBYTERIANS ASSEMBLE HERE Oxford Steps Out Of Albemarle Pres bytery junto the New Granville Hhresbyteiry. The first District Group Con ference to Albermarle Preabyterial met in the Oxford Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, with Mrs. W. j. Dong of Oxford, District Chairman presiding. The Conference was opened with hymns and devotional exercises conducted by Rev. F. F. Comerford, of th Oxford Church. The welcome was given by Mrs. W. D. Bryan and response made by Mrs. C. 8. Sellara of Henderson. Mrs. S. N. Harrell of Torboro, President of Albemarle spoke on Group Con are to be held annual i ly to take inspiration, information i and methods of work gained from Presbyterial meetings, to the women who cannot attend. Miss Mattie 3. Tate, one of the pioneer missionaries of Korea, spoke of. the work she has been doing there. Mrs. Jack Currin, of Oxford, favored the conference with n solo, after which Mrs. W. W. Eagles of Pinetops Secretary of Lit erature, stressed the importance of having a ehurch paper in every home, urging the local secretaries of Lit erature, to order material to help with their programs. After registration, which showed delegates present from Raleigh, Roanoke Rapids, Littleton, Tarboro, Rocky Mount, Pinetops. Qak Hill, Henderson. Geneva, Warren ton .Sto vall and Clayton, the delegates were invited into th Sunday School room, where a delicious two-course, lunch eon was served. -Preabyterial, -) ference, which CHERRY HILL TO BE SUB-DIVIDED The Cherry HiH property is to be cut up into several hundred beautiful building lots and sold at auction. The Allen Brothers Realty Company has charge of the sale and arq now getting things in shape to ofrqf. some wonderful opportunities. The old saying is "That all Towns Grow West/* and this property is located on the West side of Oxford. Go out and take a look at the property and Bqegt oaamother page of this paper, be ready when the Auction Company says the word. Read their advertise GEN ROYSTER WILL ADDRESS MASONS Members Of Fraternity Will Hear Him At Creedmoor Tomorrow. General B. S. Royster hasr accepted an invitation to address the Masonic lodge of Creedmoor tomorrow after noon. A11 masons are invited to hear him. „
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